Latent Ambiguity, Agency’s Narrow Interpretation of Experience Requirement Lead to Improper Exclusion of Offeror’s Proposal; GAO B-415042, Harper Construction Company Inc.

Protest challenging the agency’s rejection of the protester’s proposal is sustained, where the solicitation was ambiguous as to whether offerors could receive credit for work required under the solicitation but previously performed by a subcontractor, and where the agency’s interpretation of the experience requirement was too narrow based on a reading of the solicitation as a whole.